Yume-kyōbashi Castle Road |
Paper lantern over a shop |
Along the sidewalk |
Tenbin-yagura |
Hikone-jō's donjon |
On the eastern flank |
Hikone-jō from Nishino-maru |
Car passing Umaya |
Outside the fortifications |
Hilltop donjon from the moat |
Statue of Ii Naomasa and mini Hikone-jō replica |
Hikone City Hall |
Sakura-framed walls beside the moat |
Nino-maru Sawaguchi Tamon-yagura and sakura |
Swan watching a yakata-bune tourist boat |
Sakura along the inner moat |
Yakata-bune and cherry blossoms |
Park visitors ambling past the canal |
Genkyū-en with spring flowers |
Hikone-jō overlooking Genkyū-en |
Teahouse in Genkyū-en |
Raku-raku-en and palace |
Sakura-lined moat and distant Suzuka range |
Cherry blossom grove in the Nishino-maru |
Hanami picnic across the Nishino-maru |
Nishino-maru Sanjū-yagura |
Hikone-jō's donjon from the Nishino-maru |
Rear facade of the donjon and sakura |
Rear view of the tenshu-kaku (donjon) |
Donjon of Hikone-jō from the Hon-maru |
Front donjon facade and cherry blossom |
View of the tenshu-kaku from near the entrance |
Sakura in full bloom beneath the donjon |
Residential neighborhood and Lake Biwa |
Nino-maru and Hikone skyline |
Taiko-mon (drum gate) of Hikone-jō |
Slope leading to the Tenbin-yagura gate |
Tenbin-yagura and sakura |
Roka-bashi and Tenbin-yagura |
Below the Roka-bashi |